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Polls Open Until 8 Tonight
in Annual School Elections
Polls will be open until 8 o'clock
tonight in the annual school elec
tions being held throughout Doug
las County.
In Roseburg, two school board
posts and a budget levy are on the
ballot. Dr. Verner Anderson and
.Mrs. Helen Scott are running for
a live-year term on the School
Board. Opponents for a three-year
term are Don Reed, the incum
bent, Mrs. Dean Jewell and Dr.
John 11. Donnelly.
The proposed levy is $1,259,063.80
outside the 6 per cent limitation.
If passed, that amount would ap
ply on the total proposed budget of
McDonald Trial
Starts Today
PORTLAND fAP) The trial
of Levi S. McDonald, a striker
charged with dynamiting trucks
that hauled for Portland's struck
daily newspapers, starts in state
circuit court here today.
McDonald, 54, Portland, a mem
ber of the striking Stereotypers
l.nion. is charged W'ith damage
to property by explosives, a felo
ny. The maximum penalty upon
conviction is 20 years in the state
prison.
The Multnomah County (Port
land) indictment accuses McDon
ald of dynamiting last Jan. 31
lour trucks owned by firms which
do contract hauling for the Ore
gnnian and Oregon Journal, the
city's struck dailies.
A similar indictment also has
been returned against McDonald
in nearby Oregon City, where six
other trucks were ripped by dyna
mite explosions Jan. 31.
The Stereotypers struck last
Nov. 10. The strike is still in pro
gress. Other unions have observed
the picket line.
The newspapers, however, have
continued to publish, using mostly
supervisory and non-union help.
At first tlicy put out a joint edi
tion, but now have resumed sepa
rate publication.
McDonald, a stocky man with a
gray-blond crewcut, was a mem
ber of his union's bargaining com
mittee early in the strike.
Man, 2 Daughters
Safe On Larch MtJ
PORTLAND (AP) Rescuers
at dawn today reached a man and
his two young daughters who had
been missing overnight on the
snowy slopes of Larch Mountain,
east of here. The three found a
shelter and kept warm around a
fire.
There had heen concern because
the father, Bruce Brazauski, 43,
Portland, is a diabetic and had no
insulin with him, and the girls,
Lorene, 8, and Maryann, 9, were
lightly clad, one in shorts.
But the rescuers reported that
the three had spent a fairly com
fortable night. Police and a Io
nian team of mountain rescue
experts began their search at 4
p.m. Sunday.
The 4.000-foot-high mountain is
some 15 miles east of Portland.
Near the top, snow is three feet
deep, its slopes are a jungle of
thick second growth timber and
huge rotting snags. Ridges and
clilfs scar the area.
The search began after Brazau
ski's wife said her family failed
to meet her at the top of the
mountain. She had dropped them
off on the lower slopes, then driv
en in a car over winding road to
the mountain's top.
Brazauski's condition requires
him to eat a number of times a
day. his wife said. He was sup
posed to have had a meal at 5
p.m. Sunday an hour after the
search began.
The temperature hovered around
411 degrees through the night.
Light rain fell at intervals.
U. S. Atlas Missile Readied
For Record-Making Flight
WASHINGTON (AP) The Unit
ed Stales is ready for an attempt
to send an Atlas missile on a record-breaking
9.000-mile flight
from Florida past the tip of South
Africa into the southern reaches
of the Indian Ocean.
The shot may be fired this
week.
The Defense Department said in
response to an inquiry today that
it will be made "in the near til
ttue," will not be announced
ahead of time and will be a test
under "extreme conditions" of the
first operational U.S. interconti
nental ballistic missile.
Atlas shots in the past have
arhicved distances of something
over 6.000 statute miles.
The Weather
AIRPORT RECORDS
Partly cloudy today and toni9ht,
moitly cloudy Ttdr with
chine of rain late in the day.
Not much temperature change.
Highest temp, last J4 hours 44
Lowost ttmp. last J4 hours . 40
Highost ttmp. any Msy CS4) ... S
Lowtst ttmp. any May ('54 24
Precip. last 24 hours tract
Prtcip. from Mty I tract
Prteip. from Sept. 1 . ..0- 24.44
Dtftcitncy from Stpt. 1 54
Sunstt tonight, 7:15 p.m.
Sunrise tomorrow, 5:05 a.m.
$3,215,691.18. The proposed levy
represents a drop of about live
mills from that which was collect
ed for operation of the schools this
year.
Must of the other districts in
the county also are electing di
rectors and voting on budget lev
ies. Directors of new seven-member
boards authorized under the
school reorganization laws already
have been seated at Glendaie,
Days Creek-Tiller. Glide and Elk
ton. Oakland has passed its budget
levy. Days Creek-Tiller's budget
hasn't been set.
All districts, with the exception
ol the union high schools, are vot
ing on a levy of $952, 512.16 outside
the 6 per cent limitation. The mon
ey would go into the county rural
school budget of S2.404.830.89.
which is ticketed for equalization
purposes.
The same districts are choosing
between two candidates for a one
year term on the Hural School
Board. They are Eugene Fisher of
Elkton and Mary Allen of Azalea.
Voters in the northern and west
ern sections of the county are elect
ing a director for a three-year
Sufherlin Girl Wins
Market Day Contest
Becky Magill of Sutherlin was
the winner of the 4-H Marketing
Day essay contest.
The announcement was made to
day by Frank von Borstel, Doug
las County 4-H extension agent.
The young girl collected a $20
scholarship to the annual 4-H sum
mer school at Corvallis June 18-25.
Her essay was entitled "Christmas
Trees for Profit."
First honorable mention went to
Lynn Schafer of Gardiner with
an essay on "Tariff and Us Rela
tion to Marketing Lumber."
Other honorable mentions went
to Jerrie Heilman of Camas Val
ley, Carol Rachor of Days Creek
and Kim Shelby of Myrtle Creek.
Club winners were Sharon Fraz
ier, Susie Weaver and Beverly
Tapp of Myrtle Creek, Patrick
Murphy of Umpqua; Gene Roberts
of Tiller, Margery Smith of Cur
tin and Judy Holland and Ronald
Taylor of Sutherlin. All but the
champion received silver dollars.
An estimated 245 youngsters at
tended the Marketing Day pro
gram in Rosehurg Friday. They
took tours of Roseburg businesses
and industries and had lunch on
the courthouse lawn. Treats and
soft drinks were provided by the
Chamber of Commerce and Coca
Cola Bottling Co. Vondis Miller,
director of the Chamber of Com
merce, made the awards of essay
prizes.
Search Called Off
For Ejected Airman
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore. (AP)
The fruitless search has ended
for an airman who was ejected
from a jet plane 60 miles out over
the Pacific Ocean.
An Air Force spokesman said
the search was called off after
aircraft again Sunday failed to
find a trace of 1st Lt. Clarence
E. Peoples, 25, Winston - Salem,
N. C.
As before, (he Sunday sortie
was handicapped by rain and
clouds.
The search had centered in an
area 60 miles at sea from Cre
scent City, Calif.
That is the area where Capt.
Coleman Baker reported the cano
py flew off his jet fighter on a
routine patrol Wednesday night.
Peoples' disappearance was not
discovered until the jet returned
to its home field at nearby Kings
ley Air Force Base. Peoples was
the craft's radar operator.
A howling storm lashed the area
when the canopy blew off. Peo
ples was equipped with a para
chute and life raft.
The Russians in January lobbed
one of their test missiles from a
launching pad deep within the So
viet Union about 7,700 statute
miles into the south Central Pa
cific. The planned impact area for the
new long-distance Atlas night will
be in the area of the Prince Ed
ward Islands which lie about 1,2j0
miles southeast of the Cape of
Good Hope.
The islands are British.
The Defense Department said
the shot will be made with a
"standard Atlas as part of the re
search and development program
designed to subject components of
ballistic missiles to extreme con
ditions." The government of the Union of
South Africa had been informed of
U.S. intentions even though the
planned course of the Atlas will
carry it entirely over internation
al waters and terminate in an
area rarely used by shipping.
i lie miauuc missile range a
system of island and coastal
tracking stations extending to As-!
censHin Island in the South Atlan- j
tic will be supplemented for this I
eitort Dy L s. planes Hying Irom
South Africa and by ships
equipped with tracking gear.
Whether any attempt will be
made to recover theisrinse cone of
the missile was not disclosed.
The ranee for the Atlas was ini
tially reported 5.300 miles.
term. The only candidate is Frank
While of Reedsport.
Several local districts have spe
cial measures on the ballot.
Oakland and Umpqua are voting
on a consolidation proposal.
Sutherlin is deciding a one-year,
$30,000 levy to complete a fund for
construction of a junior high
school.
Diilard also is deciding a levy.
It would be $50,000 a year for four
years, the money being set aside
for additions to schools at Tenmile
and Winston and for any future
construction.
Elkton is voting on a $3,000 levy
for construction of a breezeway at
the high school.
YMCA To Open Bids
On Center Tuesday
At least five bidders may make
offers Tuesday night on construc
tion of Roseburg's quarter-million-dollar
YMCA building. Executive
Sec. Wayne Schulz said.
Five have expressed interest in
the project. They include: Jack
Alathis, Murphy Construction Co.,
Southern Oregon Construction Co.
and Todd Building Co., all of Rose
burg, and Cummings Construction
Co.. Grants Pass.
Bids will be opened at 8 p.m. in
the Coral Room of the Umpqua
Hotel.
John van Dis, representative of
YMCA Building and Furnishings
Services, San Francisco, will sit in
on the bid opening in an advisory
capacity.
A fund for the building has been
nearly met. The YMCA board sev
eral months ago set down a goal
of $200,000. When that amount was
reached, an anonymous donor
promised he would add $50,000 to
the treasury.
Cash on hand and pledges are
within a whisker of the $200,000
objective.
The building, to be erected on
a four-acre site in Stewart Park,
will feature a 25-by-75 foot swim
ming pool, recreation and meet
ing rooms.
Passengers Unhurt
As Engineer Dies
WENATCHEE, Wash. (AP) -The
engineer on a 14-car passen
ger train collapsed and died at the
controls Monday morning as the
train lumbered through a horse
shoe turn at about 50 miles an
hour on a long, gradual grade
southeast of here.
The train was brought to a
screeching, smoking halt when
either the engineer, before he
died, or his fireman tripped the
emergency Drakes.
No one aboard the train was
injured and officials said the train
itself was not damaged. It was
not known immediately how many
persons were aboard Uie train
the Great Northern Railway's
Western Star.
The engineer was Reinhart Si
monsen, 66, Spokane, who had
taken over the train at Spokane
for its run here. The Chelan Coun
ty Coroner said Simonsen appar
ently suffered a heart attack. An
autopsy was to be performed.
The fireman was identilied bv
the Great Northern dispatcher in
Seattle as Fred Bender of Spo
kane. Bender, reached here, re
fused to talk to newsmen.
The dispatcher said Bender
brought the train into Trinidad, a
small siding 20 miles southeast of
here. An engineer brought the
train into Wenatchee.
Later, the train was brought into
Seattle, its original destination.
The Western Star regularly runs
between Chicago and Seattle.
Many of the cars in the train
were mad cars and officials said
they did not believe there were
many passengers aboard. The
train rat-ripri a usual rrpw nf five
Ithey said.
Portland Teenager
Saves 2 From Fire
PORTLAND (AP) A woman
and her three small children were
carried unconscious from a burn
ing apartment here Sunday. A
teenage volunteer was credited
with saving two of them.
Mrs. Delores Hancock and her
children suffered from shock and
inhaling smoke, hut otherwise
were in good condition.
Ivan Collins. 19. of Eureka.
Mont . was credited with saving
Cheryl, 14 months, and Deborah,
2. -
Collin was visiting friends in
the neighborhood when he saw
smoke and flamrs leap from a
window of Mrs. Hancock's apart
ment. He ran to help.
"The room was filled with
flames that swirled up around the
ceiling. I had to get down on my
knees and crawl into the center
of the room, where I found Cheryl
unconscious on the floor," lie
said.
"I rolled Cheryl down the first
flight of teps....Then I looked in
the front room and found Deborah
on the davenport and carried her
out."
By that time, firemen arrived,
and they rescued Mrs. Hancock
and her other child, Teddy, 4,
from the blazing apartment.
The fire began in a closet that
housed a water healer. Flames
were confined to Mrf: Hancock's
apartment.
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Passenger Don Bennett of Roseburg and Bill Jones and Gaylord Longston, owners and
operators of the snub-nosed twin-outboard-motor powered "Wooden Shoe." (Se another
picture Page 2), (News-Review photo)
Douglas Boatmen Sail Up River
For First Time Since Steamer
Low water in the Umpqua River
made test conditions for Ihe
"Wooden Shoe," their co-pilots, and
their two passengers ideal on Sun
day. And the "Shoe" sailed Avith nary
a pinch, in the first modern boat
navigation of the river. A steam
boat made it back in the 1870s.
Boatsmen Bill Jones and Gay
lord Longston began their journey
10 miles below the Scollsburg
bridge and wound it up 102 miles
and 8 hours, 15 minutes later just
short of the Winchester Dam.
Along for the ride were Don Ben
nett and Rusty. Rusty is Longslon's
dog.
The blunt-nosed crafty pewered
by two 3o-horsepower mercury en
gines, performed well over what
Jones said was an exciting jour
ney. Low River Ebb
The low river ebb meant that
K. Fails Airplane,
7 Aboard, Vanishes
SALEM, Ore. (AP) A single
engine private airplane with four
adults and three children aboard
vanished Sunday on a flight from
Klamath Falls, Ore., to Laylon
ville, Calif.
Authorities said their lone lead
came in a report that a plane
similar to the one that disappear
ed was seen flying into a bad
rain storm just south of Duns
muir, Calif.
The pilot of (he plane was O. W.
Stephens of Santa Rosa, Calif.,
said Robert Dunn, assistant di
rector of the Oregon Board of
Aeronautics.
The names of the others aboard
were not learned at once.
The flight originated at Bcllevue,
Wash., near Seattle. The plant
stopped to re fuel at Klamath
Falls, and when it left it had
enough luel fur four hours in the
air.
The plane left Klamath Falls
at 3:32 p.m. and was due in Lay
tonville at 5:02 p.m., Dunn said.
lt was shortly after 4 p.m.,
Dunn said, that an unidentified
pilot saw a plane resembling the
missing craft flying into Uie rain
storm just south of Dunsmuir.
The missing plane is a blue and
while Piper Comanche.
Hamilton Air Force Base in
California reported a check of air
fields failed to disclose the craft.
The missing plane's radio appar
ently was silent after leaving Kla
math Falls.
There was a chance, authorities
said, that had weather would prove
a severe handicap to the search.
Weather ' was bad all along the
flight route overnight. And on
Sunday afternoon rain and snow
storms lashed the area.
The missing plane was register
ed to the Stanley Flight Service
of Santa Rosa.
Selby On Civil Defense
Nominating Committee
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Arthur Selby. Douglas County
civil defense director, lias hern
named chairman of a committee
? ;omfn" "pw ." , " U1C persons vcrcd from a hiqhwav
U. S. Civil Defense Council , Sum) ,, , ,
The nominating committee ofover , 40.(,M)l embankment nine
eight members i wil make its re ; , ,,,, !Bulhcast o( Heppner.
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west oi tne .Mississippi river to ............
be named on the committee by I ,. frHured spine. Norman How
council President Philip Klein. V11- 17. lU-ppnor, sulfercd minor
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TOKYO (AP) An 18 pnyd a hospital of injuries suffered in
target towed by a U.S. Air force Saturday feculent.
T33 jet plane was accidentally! Police said a molorcvcle Stauf
dronped today on a Japant-se for v.i riding smashed into a
home. 'obody waj reported in- bridge abutment in downtown In
jured, ibanon.
ROSEBURG, ORE. MONDAY,
the boatsmen couldn't take any
side channels but had to stick to
the maii.strcam through the rap-
1US.
The Sawyer Rapids, out of
Scottsburg, weren't any trouble
directionally they just powered
through them, Jones said. Some of
the rougher ones were the Hart
Rapids near Elkton, the Crow Rap
ids below Cleveland, and the Burk
hart Rapids below Brown's Bridge.
At the Hart Rapids a high ledge
had to he followed, elsewise thcre'd
be a steep drop where if you drop
"you've about had it," according
to Jones.
At the Crow Rapids a big rock
and ji gravel bar combined to make
the hazard.
And at Burkhart Rapids, the
"Shoe" had to walk under the
falls, swing to the right and then
turn sharply to the left to miss
a big rock.
30 Gallons
The boat only took 30 gallons of
gasoline, when they had estimated
50. It wouldn't have taken that
much hadn't they had to make a
wide-open run in quiet water from
the starling wayside park point,
the sporting goods store owner-
boatsman said. Hctucting was none
above Kellogg Bridge and at Ras
mussen Bar, but the second was
merely a safety precaution.
A large crowd followed all the
way along the line, and some of
them clocked the top speed at
around 45 miles per hour, said
Jones. Around 300 were present at
the finish, he added.
Thanking the crowd and fisher
men along the way for their en
Lions Club Slates
Pancake Breakfast
Mothers won't have to cook
breakfast on Mothers' Day, if they
can talk the family into eating hot
cakes served "by the Roseburg
Lions Club next Sunday morning.
The club will hold its second
annual breakfast at Stewart Park
Sunday between 8 a.m. and noon,
announces Dick Fralcy, chairman
in charge.
Last year's breakfast proved a
sufficient success to repeat it this
year, and the club hopes to con
tinue the project as an annual af
fair. The general public is invited.
The hours arc such as to catch
people going out of town for the
day, or those wanting to attend
the breakfast before church, ac
cording to Fralcy. Also those at
tending early church service will
have an opportunity to drop in alt
er church, he pointed out.
Traffic Accidents Take
Two More Oregon Lives
by THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Traffic accidents claimed two
lives in Oregon Sunday on c
first day of May.
The deaths pushed urcgon s
10 traffic loll to an even 100.
,n the Associated Press tabula
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couragement and support, Jones
had a word of warning. He advised
that no ono else try it without at
least a comparably good boat, such
as the blunt-nosed "Shoe" and oth
er equipment because it wouldn't
be made.
Then there was that advertised
chicken dinner
Mrs. Jones put one up and gave
it to them, all right. But they got
busy with steering through a rap
ids. Rusty wasn't very hungry for
the rest of the trip.
Parents Muster
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Band Fund Efforts
A concentrated effort to raise
upwards of $1,500 to pay their way
to tne Portland Hose Festival is
being launched this week by mem
bers of the Roseburg High School
Band, in cooperation with Uie Band
Parents Assn.
The Band Parents will hold a spe
cial meeting Tuesday at 7:30 p.m.
in the band room of the school for
a discussion of projects. All mem
bers are urged by President Floyd
Wilson to he present.
A cooked foods sale is sched
uled by Uie Band Parents for Sat
urday in front of the J. C. Pen
ney Store.
The students themselves, how
ever, will be the ones earning
most of the money, it their plans
during the next three weeks ma
terialize. They will work Individu
ally on whatever jobs they can
find, and collectively on car wash
es, window washing and any other
project they can come up with,
according to Director Robert Lcn
neville. Persons having odd jobs they
want some student to perforin may
call OR 2-1505 up to 3:30 p.m. or
OR 2-3237 after that hour.
250 Pints Of Blood Set
As RC Collection Goal
The Red Cross has set i col
lection goal of 250 pints of blood
in Roseburg Tuesday and Wednes
day. A Red Cross bloodmobile will be
at the Elks Lodge on those two
days, according to Mrs. Bert Shoe
maker Jr., publicity chairman for
the Red Cross blood recruitment
program.
Hours will be 3-7 p.m. Tuesday
and I S p.m. Wednesday.
Copco Proposes Rate
Cites Inflationary Rise
California Oregon Power Co. to
day applied to regulatory author
ities of Oregon and California for
a ruin inrra.A nf nnnrnvimNlflv
i si.280.000. This, after taxes of
S7O7.OO0, Is estimated to produce
$547,000 of additional elcctnc rev
enues annually.
The increase, according to A.
S. Cummins, Copco president, will
' "PPly to residential customers. He
said II would ado lets than live
rents a day to the average bill.
This would be the first Copco
rale increase since late 1153.
Cummings slated that the infla
lummy uue UBS I
tionary tide has outstripped all of
forts to keep rales down. The in
crease is necessary to offset rising
costs, maintain its financial in
tegrity, compensate its stockhold
ers for risks assumed and continue
to meet Its public utility responsi
bilities, he said.
"Kvery home, business and In
dustry in the United States has
felt the effects of the chronic and
protracted Increase in the gener
al price level," said Cummins,
"hut perhaps howhere has Ihe
adverse impart) of inflation been
Red-Light Bandit Dignified
In Last Moments; Federal
Judge Fails To Effect Stay
SA.V QUENTIN. Calif. (AP) -
Caryl Chessman went to his death
in the San Qucntin Prison gas
chamber today with a smile on
his lips.
The condemned sex terrorist
who had staved off execution for
12 years died a few moments be
fore a federal judge was prepar
ing to give a 30-minule stay to
hear a final appeal from his attor
ney, and just after the United
States and California Supreme
courts had rejected appeals.
The potassium cyanide pellets
dropped into the acid in the apple
green death chamber at 10:03:45
a.m. Pacific Daylight Time
12:03:45 EST and Chessman was
pronounced dead at 10:12.
Just as the fatal fumes rose,
the 38-year-old Chessman man
aged a laugh, almost a chuckle.
No one could hear him through
the soundproof walls of the her
metically sealed chamber, but he
spent his final moments mouth
ing words directed toward Mrs.
Eleanor Black, Los Angeles re
porter, who had interviewed him
many times.
Death Scene Described
Chessman, condemned on two
counts of kidnaping with bodily
Wrong Ring
Did In Caryl
SAN FRANCISCO (AP)-CaryI
Chessman missed another stay of
execution by minutes because of
a wrong telephone number.
U.S. Dist. Judge Louis E. Good
man said he telephoned San
Quentin Prison to order a 30-minule
stay of execution today to hear
arguments on a new petition to
delay the convict-author s death.
But by the time he reached the
warden's office the deadly pellets
had already been dropped in the
gas chamber, lie said.
The petition for a stay of execu
tion was filed with Judge Good
man at 9:55, as fast as attorneys
George T. Davis and Rosalie Ash-
er could get to the judge's cham
bers from the California Supreme
Court, seven blocks away, where
a similar plea was denied five
minutes earlier.
It took.teveral minutes for the
attorneys to explain the pirfpose
of the petition and what had hap
pened earlier in the day.
The judge then told hi secre
tary to get the warden on the
phone, but the first time she
dialed she did not have one digit
in Uie telephone number. She went
back to the deputy court clerk to
get the number again. .
When she had the warden s of
fice on the phone, she turned it
over to Judge Goodman. He was
informed the pellets had already
been dropped.
Chessman Postponed
Nine Dates With Death
SAN QUENTIN, Calif. (API
Caryl Chessman's nine data
with death:
1. March 21, 1952, stayed Feb.
W.
2. June 27, 1957, stiytd June
23.
3. May 14, 1954, stayad May
13, 14 hours before execution.
4. July 30, 1954, stayed July
29.
5. Jan. 14, 1955, staytd July f.
. July 15, 1955, staytd July 4.
7. Oct. 23, 1959, stayed Oct. 21.
I. Feb. 19, 1960, sixty dsy re
pritvo by governor 10 hours be
fore execution.
9. May 2, 1960.
Dooley Leaves For U. S.
NAIROBI. Kenya (AP) Dr.
Thomas Doolcy, the cancer-stricken
American physician who or
ganizes hospitals in underdevel
oped nations, left today for the
united Slates and another medi
cal checkup.
as severe as with the electric util
ities. Not only have mujor con
struction costs risen bul the effect
in operating expenses has been
significant. Borrowed money has
nearly doubled in price. Wages
and salaries have been subject lo
annual increases. The cost of ma
terials and supplies has risen at a
parallel rate and state and local
taxes have grown proportionately.
"Further the anticipated contin
uing growth in requirements for
electric service will have to be
met by continued additions lo
plant and facilities at costs which
the trend promises will he higher.
Yet in the face of these rising
costs, the company has avoided
asking for an adjustment in rales
for almost sevap years."
Cummins pointed lo nearly 81
million dollars invested in addi
tions to plants and facilities to
meet increasing customer require
ments for electricity and to pro
vide better electric servire. He
said anticipated fuQire growth of
this area makes io necessary for
the company to expand Hi facil
ities, despite high cotti.
harm in Los Angeles lovers' lanes
in 1918, took a deep breatii as Uie
fumes rose.
Then his head went hnlf-way
back and stayed tilted back for
several seconds, with Uie mouth
wide open.
His black hair was neatly
combed and he wore a white
shirt, open at Ihe throat. Drops of
saliva trickled from his open
mouth.
At 10:09 a.m., a littlo over 5
minutes after the pellets had
dropped, his shoulders quivered
slightly.
He had entered the chamber at
10:04 a.m., preceded by one guard
and followed by three others.
The 60 witnesses jammed in
front of the thick windows of the
death chamber were silent. Hard
ly a breath stirred.
Associate Warden Walter D.
Achuff announced the official lime
of death.
The Venetian blind behind which
Warden Fred lt. Dickson stands
a little distance from the cham
ber was partly open. Usually it is
shut during an execution.
Caryl Donits Guilt
Warden Dickson told i news
conference immediately after
ward that just before Chessman
was led from the waiting room
next to the death chamber, "He
asked Uiat I specifically slate ha
was not the red light bandit.
"When he felt the end was
near, he said he hoped what he
had contributed would be helpful
for eliminating capital punish
ment." Witnesses agreed that Chess
man had lived up to his declara-
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CARYL CHESSMAN
. ... Dies in Gas Chamber
tion that he intended to die with
dignity.
As Chessman was strapped in
the chair, Mrs. Black, a reporter
for the Los Angeles Examiner, at
tracted his attention with hand
motions.
Chessman started talking to
her.. Nothing could be heard but
Mrs. Black said she read his lips
to say, "Tell Rosalie I said Good
by." Whatever else he said she-did
not decipher, but she said, "Ha
seemed to he trying to buck me
up and tell me Uiat everything
was all right."
Mrs. Black had covered his case
and had interviewed him many
limes.
Candidates Talk
At Myrtle Creek
Most Democratic and Republican
primary candidates for Douglas
County offices attended a political
meeting sponsored by the "Great
Decisions" group in Myrtle Creek
on Saturday evening.
The Myrtle Creek group, pri
marily concerned with a study of
foreign affairs in the pattern of
the national "Decisions" organiza
tion, turned Its attention for tho
night to local politics. .
The candidates for the two par
ty and non-partisan races sprung
no surprises. They followed their
past presentation patterns, some
dwelling mostly on their back
ground and others upon experience.
The session was held at Uie Epis
copal Church.
Increase,
Of Costs
Copco Is more than halfway
through its expansion program.
On the drawing boards are plans
for an enormous reservoir pro
gram for the Klamath area which
would pump water from Upper
Kin in Mill Lake into Aspen Lnke,
which Is now chiefly marshland
a resting place for ducks and
"!eese In migration. Work probab
ly will not get under way fur at
least a year and a half.
Cheapest and mast sensibb
way fnr the government la
meet the demand for mcdicnl
aid for the noody would bo ta
supply them with enough ap
olci to permit one-a-doy cot
ng, thus obviating the neces
sity of calling for a doctor.
Levity Fact Plant
By L. F. Reizenstein
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